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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

Gen. Benet, chief Of the ordnan &c bu~
reau U. S. army and stationed at WASH
ington, will arrive at Rock Island tomor-
row evening, and will spend Sunday on
the island He will be accompanied by
Capt. Smith, of his Office, as the two
officers are on tour of inspection of
ordnance posts throughout the west.
This is the first visit of Gen. Benet since
Col. Baylor took charge. He was here
several times during Col. Flagler's time.
The general is one of the strongest
friends of the Hennepin canal. He
made favorable report advocating its
construction to this point, notwithst and
ing, and in opposition to that of Maj .
Benyuard. He believes in the canal as a
military necessity ,as well as from CONS
mercial standpoint.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

A large party is to be given by the
Misses Weyerhauser tonight.
Mrs. w Fl. Whitman and daughters
gave an afternoon reception and 4 O'Clock
tea at their home on Eighteenth street
Wednesday afternoon. There were about
thirty present and very pleasant time
was spent.
Mrs Morris Rosenfield gave an elabor.
ate reception at her palatial home or
Third avenue yesterday afternoon. The
hours were from 2 to 6. and there
were about eighty guests present from
the three cities. The floral decorations
were magnificent and there was a pro
fusion of beautiful cut flowers. Terrell
was in charge of the cuisine which wa
ele CANT
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

A pleasant musical entertainment was
that given under the auspices of the
Swedish Lutheran church at Hsrpers
theatre last evening. The concert CONS
menced with piano duet, an admirably
executed symphony. by Prof. GtStolpe
and Miss Marion Reck. The Oratorio
society followed with two selections of
sacred music in the Swedish tongue.
which were appreciated, the chorus CON.
slsting of one hundred voices-male and
female. Then there was a piano selec-
ton, Wienesky's "Valse de Concert so
cleverly executed by Miss Reck, that she
was obliged to respond to an encore,
playing Home, Sweet Home" The
next number called for vocal piece by
the Augustana qusrtette and male chorus,
and Miss Hilma Ohlin closed the first part
with Schubert's song, The Wanderer,
for which she was encored.
Part two opened with violin solo,
Souvenir de Moscou," by Prof. Stolpe
and it was necessary for him to grstif!
the audience with another selection. A
vocal number came then, Gounds "Glor,
to Thee" by Miss Hilma Ohlin and Min
ME Wistrand: The Augustana choil
composed of fifty male voices, sang
song of Prof. Stolpe's composition, en-
titled Chorus of Cspells," which wa
fine, and after this remarkable produc
ton by Prof. Stolpe for the piano, violiI
and voice. was rendered by Miss Ohlin
Miss Reck and Prof. Stolpe. There wa
deserved encore, after which the o.
atoria society closed the exercises wit
Handles chorus, THE Glory of Ii
| Lord
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

Muscatine now boasts of two of the
finest stone arch bridges in the state
They span Papoose creek-that on Sec
ond street having been completed one year
ago, and that on Third street having
Just been completed The latter is a
skew" bridge sixty-ive feet long and
thirty feet wide, and is pronounced like
its predecessor. by competent judges as a
magnificent structure in every respect.
The masonry work on both these
bridges was done under contract by
Edwards & Walsh, of Davenport, who
certainly have reason to be proud of
their record in this Cit. The bridge
built by them last year stands as firm
and solid as the day it was completed
without crack or a bfemish. and there
is every reason TO believe that both these
bridges will be in existence long after
every resident of Muscatine is dead. The
new Third street bridge will cost over
$1,000. The pile driving and construc
ton of temporary arches was done by ]
Fl. Sheldon, and the city is making an
extensive fill necessary to bring the road
bed up to grade. Muscatine is proud oil
its new bridges and has good reason tc
| be. Muscatine Journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

John Williams was fined So and costs
this morning for being intoxicated.
Yesterday afternoon Officer Meenan se>
cured the clothing stolen from Mr.. Col
burns house on Andrews street the night
before, it having been found in a hol,
low back of Augustana College. The
nickel watch, stolen at the same time,
was a, so found.
James Riley was before Magistrate
Bennett this morning on the strength of
peace warrant sworn out by Mrs. Sarah
Herne, his sister.in.law, who charges him
with attempting to shoot her. States
Attorney Entriken appeared for the state
while Riley was his own counsel, but he
failed to make his case stick, and was held
in $500 bonds to keep the peace.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18
CONCERNING THE BEAN QUESTION.
Recipes from Region Where Beans Can
Never Be Cooked,

Recipes from a Region Where Beans Can
Never Be Cooked.
"What is your recipe for baking beansm
The question was asked Of several individ-
uals Of extended experience
Landlord Allen, of the Hotel Hamilton,
who sat over against the big and finely
painted screen that adorns his dining room,
and bears an excellent likeness of that lover
of good things, Louis Leib, in the makeup of
Falstaff, had no decided opinion as to baking
beans, but his former business partner, who
was with him, said: 81 wouldn't bake them
would fry them. Boil them three or four
hours, then drain them, put them in spider
with salt pork, and fry them to a rich
brown"
John Smelling, the warm personal friend of
Senator Malone, said: Down south they
have habit of cooking the beans according
to the approved method and then MASKING
them. l am fond of beans, but did not
learn how to bake them until l came here.
soak them until they become soft, put them
in an earthen jar with little pork, season
with pepper and salt, turn little molasses
on the top Of them, put the jar in the oven
and let the beans bake. / always cook them
well.n
II have not yet become Thoroughly &C
quainted with the baked bean, said Bill Nye.
up in Laramie, where held office, baked
beans were unobtainable at any price. The
altitude of Laramie, like the prices that rule
there, is very high, and it was found impos-
sible to boil beans there with any degree of
success, let alone baking them. The only
way they could be cooked was to put little
saleratus in the water in which they were
boiling, but under the best conditions the
beans are liable to be about as hard and un-
palatable as marbles"
They have tradition in Germany that
beans can only be properly cooked when
soaked in clear spring water. The host of
Helms restaurant on Twenty seventh street,
whose recipe did not materially differ from
that of the other epicures, was very particu-
lar as to the manner that they should be
soaked and prepared before baking He soaks
them about four hours and then bakes them
in dripping pan with little piece of scored
pork. Mr.. Hill, the theatrical manager, who
Is typical Yankee and an adept at baking
beans, believes that they should be soaked or
parboiled, drained and then put in sheet
iron box. A hole in the ground should be
followed out and a fire built in it, When the
burning has gone on long enough to make
the desired degree of heat remove the brands,
put in the box of beans with piece of pork
on top Of it, cover up the box and let the con-
tents gradually but surely reach the desired
degree of Professionalism York Evening
Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

VIM. Carroll, of Aledo, has thousand
acres of coal land at Dog Town. three
miles from Presumption, which he is anx-
ious to SELL He will dispose of eithe r
the land or coal to suitable purchaser,
giving clear title in either case. Mr.
Carroll has also In the mel ghborhood OF a
thousand acres of leases running
for sixty years, which he will sell
in connection with the other. The terms
of the sale are one half cash down, bal
ance to suit purchasers, from one!to five
years, at per cent interest per annum
Any parties desiring to purchase will FIND
Mr. Carroll at the Taylor house, this city
until Tuesday. He has son lying.at the
point of death at Baltimore, and is anx'
ious to 60 east; hence cannot wait Longer
| than that time,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

Bishop W. s. Perry, of the Episcopal
diocese of Iowa, Mrs. Perry and Miss An
ma Richards passed through Rock Island
last night on their way home from Eu-
rope. They were met at the c., R. l. &
P. depotat Davenport by the Kemper hall
cadets to the number of thirty five, in full
uniform, and also by numerous friends
and members Of the college faculty to
welcome them home from their long jour.
ney. The cadets gave three cheers as
the party stepped of the train, all look
ing well and having enjoyed their visit tc
foreign lands.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18
AUSTIN CORBIN'S PROJECT.

Preliminary steps for the Great
Through Line which Is TO Embrace
the Interests Of Number of Good
Roads.
When Austin Corbin, the great rail-
road protector. was in Rock Island last
September, be gave TO the press the de-
tails of plan he had formed and been
long considering. by which short line
of railroad between New York City and
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers could
be secured easily, and that, too. through
simple agreement of lines already con-
structed. tor through fast passenger
trains and freight trains. Rock Island
would, according to these calculations,
be an important point on the great road
belt, the terminus to be at Kansas City.
Mr.. Corbin's plan, it will be remembered,
embraced the union of the New Jersey
Central and Reading railroad to Harris
burg, Pa. the Pennsylvania railroad
from Harrisburg to Columbus. o., and
then the connections to the Mississippi
west of Columbus. principal of which is
the Indiana, Bloomington & Western to
Peoria, there taking the Rock Island &
Peoria railroad to Rock Island and the
Chicago & Southwestern railroad from
Davenport to Kansas City.
Corroborating this plan of Mr., Corbin's
comes the information that the organiza-
ton of the Indiana, Bloomington & Wes-
tern system and various branches con-
nected with it, has been accomplished by
consolidation with the Springfield Il
| Western railroad, connecting the Indiana
& Western company, whose line runs
from Springfield, o.. to Pekin, H., Pekin
being only one hundred miles distant
from Rock Island. The articles of incor
poration were filed in Indianapolis on
Tuesday last. The joint capital stock is
$f3, 325. 900. Austin Corbin is president
of the company The remaining officers
and directors live in Indiana and Illinois.
The line will be known as the Columbus,
Indiana g. Western, and the reorganiza
ton goes into effect in January next.
Thus a main feature of Mr.. Corbin's
plan has been carried out already. Al
the time of his visit here he had no doubt
of its entire consummation. At that
time its advantages to all the parties thai
would 1e interested in it seemed to hin
so clearly pointed out that there could b
no opposition founded on good reason
He was certain that the New Jersey Cen
trail, the Reading railroad, the Pennsyl
vania line, ana the Indiana. Bloomington
& Western, would willingly unite in tn
enterprise. Three of the lines nance
are under his control. and therefore h
knew what they would do. He believed
that there would be no opposition on tn
part of the Chicago, Rock Island & Paci
fic. which virtually owns the Rock ISLAM
& Peora railroad. The distance from Ne,
York city to the Mississippi by this pro
iected line will be so lessened that ten c
twelve hours at least will be saved b
passenger trains and freight trains
making the distance.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

Is Life Worth Livingf" was the in
teresting topic discussed at recent meet
ing of leading physicians.-The verdict
was that lit depends on the liver" or if
you have cold, or whether, you have
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup in the house.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

There will be special meeting of Rock
Island lodge, No. 65S, A. F. & A. NJ, on
Saturday evening. Nov. 10, at 7:30 p. m,
for work. All Masons invited to attend.
By order of w. M.
j. Ed. Loosely, Secy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18
LOCAL NOTICES.

Insure in the Boylston Insurance Co. of
Boston, Mass. organized 1872. Assets
nearly S1.000,000. E. W. Hurst, agent,
Office over Rock Island National Bank.
Hard Coal Market.
All sizes and best grades of Anthracite
coal $500 per ton, delivered to any part
of this city, usual discount for cash; can>
mel coal for CRATES So.
E. G. FRAZER.
Insure Your Properly
with J E. Loosely & Co., Successors to
Hayes & Cleaveland) general insurance
agents. Fire, tornado, cargo. life and
accident insurance policies written at
lowest rates given by any reliable COM
pany. Ocean steamship passage tickets
for sale. Office removed to No. 1913
Second avenue. next door east of Nc.
Intire & Co.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

Martin Erbs has purchased the butch
er shop on Moline avenue, formerly run
by F Schuett and will conduct the bus
mess at the old stand in the future. He
will endeavor to have on hand at all
times good quality of meat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

Do you suffer with catarrhf You can
be cured If you take Hoods Sarsaparilla
the great blood purifier. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

The Worcester Spy says, with every
appearance of believing Its own state
ment that the body of full grown red
squirrel was found in four and-a-half
pound pickerel taken at Oxford.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18
SKIRTINGS.

Fine assortment all wool flannel skirt
ings, gray, scarlet, gold, wine and blue
at popular prices. Extra width. weight
and finish.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18
1t U T w
Insure Your Property

1000 pairs of blankets
Extra heavy
Warranted all WOOL
Scarlet, white and bluel
To be closed out for $3.50i
Regular price "a 25 per pair
RoBT. KRAUsE,
Davenport, Iowa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

Have Just placed on sale large as
sortment of stamped linen doylies.
splashers, side boards. tides. etc. at very
low prices, beginning at DC each.
Children's all wool mittens DC.
Red table linen 15c yatd.
Special values in unbleaehed table linen
10 plain and cOlored borders. 4Sc.
Unlaundried shirts at SOC, 75c and
81 90, the best We can buy TO sell at the
above prices. Every one gem.
Our underwear department shows ex>
cellent values in ladies' merinos at SOC.
and ladies' scarlet at S1-0.
Toboggans 25c and up.
Dress goods, the largest variety from
which to select.
MCINTYRE & co.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18
BLANKETS

Large assortment in white, scarlet and
gray; offering while they last:
White Blankets, s .9s
All Wool, white and scarlet 2.75
All Wools large, gray, $50
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18

List Of letters uncaled for at the Poslofiice at
Rock Island, Rock Island county, Illinois, Nov.
is, 1887
Allen Harry johnson Mrs Christine
Biggnrd Mrs Anna Hitch Chas
Chandler N 81 Laura Larson Fred
Cassidy pm Lamb AB
Chouinard Joserh Leon
Cunningham Annie Mcdonald NIB
Davenport A McKeever VIM
Donahue Mr. McGuirk James
Dannett Miss Hattie McCroseen Willie
Dunlap Frank, Dolph Nelson E2
and Gill ohansenburg Bill
Dryer William Stevens Peter
HarpJ Skinner Master Fred C
Hodges II Schofeld W
lsham Lewis
FOREIGN LIST.
| OLSON box 32i Framm August
Give the number Of the list when calling fol
advertised letters. c. W. HAYES, P. N.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18
CL0AKS

We are making low down prices on
many lines of cloaks. Seeing Is believ-
ing. Come and see Ladies' Newman
kets this week,
$2.95.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-10
The Fishery Commission.

The joint comission of Great Brit
ain and the United States on the
Fisheries, has been completed, the
president having appointed his secre-
tary Of state, Hon. Mr.. Bayard, Hon
". L. Putnam and Prof. James B.
Angel to represent the [ nited States,
the interests of Great Britain and
Canada being represented by Hon.
Joseph Chamberlin, Sir Lionel " est
and Sir John 4. Macdonald.
The choice of the distinguished
gentlemen named leads to the infer
ence that more than the legal aspects
of the case will be dealt with. That
an attempt will be made to make a
permanent settlement of the issues
involved. 1t is not improbable that
trade relations will be discussed in a
friendly way and all matters of diff
ference be treated by the commission.
But one thing should not be forgot
ten. the president cannot conclude a
treaty with a foreign power. The re-
suit Of the conference Of commission
els is liable to be over-rulded by the
senate of the United States, should
they conclnde in their wisdom that
the result of the conference is not en-
tirely to their satisfaction. 1t is
well understood that the senate were
opposed to q commission when the
subject was preached at the last ses-
sion. If the democratic party had a
a decided majority in that body, they
would endorse the policy of the pres
ident. but the two political parties
are nearly evenly balanced in the sen
ate, with a slight advantage in favor
of the opposition to the present adj
ministration. Under the Circumstance
es we are not sanguine as to the re-
| -SfruSfend Journal
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-10

The twenty-fOurth annual reunion
of Vermont officers Is to be held at
Brattleboro on Tuesday. Oct. Is.
The members of the society. and all
Vermont officers and non-commis-
stoned officers Of the army and navy.
are invited to be present. The ora
ton will be delivered at 80 p. m.
by Hon. John ID. Long Of Massachu-
sets. Senator Edmunds will also be
present by invitation. After the ora
ton the toasts and responses will
follow, with music by band, orches-
ira and quartet. A reception will be
rendered the officers by the Philhar-
monte society at 10 o'clock in their
rooms. At the same hour the ladies
in attendance will hold a social at the
Brooks House. The first regiment
Vermont cavalry viii hold their re-
union on the day preceding that of
the Vermont officers, Monday, Oc-
tOber Il.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-10

is a profit In the lower rate-the
through rate-it is demonstrated that
the greater rate for the lesser distance
is grossly unjust. And even if the
short haul rate should be brought
down to the longer haul rate it would
still be grossly unjust in proportion
to the expense of doing the business.
1t is not to be wondered at that they
make no profits at all; their profits
are apparently somewhere else. So
/ say that the short haul rates should
at least be brought down to the basis
of charge for the longer haul. That
Is what | insisted upon last night,a and
l should have been willing, as l stat
ed at that time, in the hope of finish
ing this matter up for the time being.
to have had this matter stand upon
the rates being brought down to that
basis and let the matter stop there,
with liberty, after reasonable trial,
to apply to the commission for relief.
But we could not make any arrange
ment about it, and therefore having
ty go through the whole case, | in
sist that on the evidence in this case
what l have said and claimed as to
the intrinsic unreasonableness of
these rates is true, and that they
would still be unreasonable, even if
brought down to the long haul mini
mum.
In bringing this application we are
not actuated by any spirit of HOSTILE
ty to these roads or any others. Quite
the reverse. The railway service of
the United States is just as important
to its welfare and prosperity as any
other one of its social enterprises and
institutions. But the fact that it is
very necessary element of our pros
perity and ought to be encouraged,
furnishes no ground for its being
granted unlimited and unjust license
to Cypress anybody else. That is
the proposition"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-10


The liquor power still holds Its
ground in Tennessee. The proHbl-
ton amendment was voted down on
Thursday by a majority estimated at
from fifteen to twenty thousand. But
the temperance cohorts made gallant
fight and captured many towns and
some whole sections of the state.
East Tennessee gave a majority for
the amendment of upwards Of fifteen
thousand. The vote for prohibition
in Knoxville was nearly two to one of
the opposition. The total vote for
the amendment throughout the state
affords evidence of a wonderful
growth of public sentiment in favor
of the extinction of the liquor traffic.
The friends of the temperance cause
have every reason to be encouraged
over the outlook. The newspaper
reports of the scenes at the polls on
election day are full of thrilling Incl
dents. At Chattanooga, ladies took
an active part in the election, and in
all the cities and towns they were at
the polls with free lunch stands, and
personally solicited the voters. At
every polling booth there was a Law
ish display of banners, among the in
scriptions being ''Vote for God,
Home, and Tennessee to-day" " ote
for Mother, Wife and Sister. They
have no defence, save your ballot"
The women and children Of Tennes-
see appeal to the manhood of the
state YES today
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-10
The Long and Short Haul

Senator Edmunds, before the In
terstate Commerce Commission, had
the following to say in regard to
what is called unjust discrimination
of the railroads against those who
send freights on ''short hauls =
Zone word more and l am done.
Upon the evidence as it stands In this
case. even if these short haul rates
were put down to the long haul fig
ures. then the short haul rates would
still be grossly unreasonable in fact.
l say it is proved to be SO by the tes-
timonv. All the facts that are put
in evidence here as to how these ope-
rations are carried on and what they
get for the work they do, tend to es-
tablish the force of the statement.
Governor Smith told you the cost of
carrying freight per ton per mile is,
on an average, four mills per ton per
mile over the line complained Of, TAX
ing the fast and slow trains together.
He has told YOU about the car ser
vice, what that is and how profitable
it is to the company owning the cars.
The stock Of the company whose cars
carry this very freight, and have car
ried it for ID years, pay dividends
from ten down to four per cent and
on a watered capital at that. Gov
ernor Smith also tells YOU that they
make money in this long haul bust
ness, and l presume he has told, as
everybody should, all that viii be Of
benefit to his case, although he has
not told you how much they in fact
make out Of the business.
If there is a profit in CARRYING
a carload of corn from Detroit, or a
carload of hay or any other commod-
itv from the Canada line to the line
of New Hampshire or to Boston, or
vice versa, at rate Of less than 30
cents per hundred pounds, or what
ever it may be, l do not pretend to
get the fractions, but an enormously
less rate than is charged for the
short distance then the profits for do
ing the same kind Of work. over the
same line at the same time of year.
at once and a half or double the
charge, must be enormously and I'M
reasonably profitable. THIS is dem
onstrable when you look at these
statements made here as to the rates
and take the elements Of the cost and
the profits of the car :. rvice. When
you find the same kind of work being
done over the same line under the
same circumstances, at half the rate
and paying them a profit, i insist upon
it, it is made out as fully as it ever
can be made out In such cases as this
at any time.
When it is demonstrated that there